"Institutionally racist"
Former Chief of Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, and the man who led the investigation into the Washington sniper attacks, Charles Moose, has told The OxStu that he believes public institutions in the US are still "institutionally racist".
In an exclusive interview, Moose told The OxStu "that in terms of promotions" and other internal workings there was still heavy racial bias. He added that the people in charge "often times don't do enough" to try and tackle racism, adding that although "it is better than it's ever been", that doesn't mean in any way that it is good enough.
Moose, who is instantly recognisable across the US for his television addresses in the wake of the Washington sniper attacks, quit the force amid controversy over his book, entitled Three Weeks in October.
His comments come in the wake of revelations that the Democrratic presidential candidate Howard Dean failed to employ a single black or coloured person in his state cabinet in his eleven-year stint as Governor of Vermont. The admission by Dean is thought to have cost the former front-runner dearly.
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19th Feb 2004